Movember Movement on Twitter

By Michelle Drinnenberg

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October is a month that raises awareness for breast cancer — awareness shown by donning anything that’s the color pink. People also go on breast cancer walks, wear pink ribbons or sport “Save the tatas” bracelets in an effort to show their support during this monthly movement for women.

Now November, also known as “Movember,” supports a different cause; prostate and testicular cancer.

Movember is a movement that is rapidly gaining recognition by men who grow mustaches in order to raise money to fund programs that are ran by the Movember site, the Prostate Cancer Foundation and the LIVESTRONG foundation. Unfortunately females like myself can’t grow a mustache, but we can donate to any family member, friend or stranger who is participating in the cause to show our support.

Again, George Parros’s name is surfacing as he is going full throttle with his support during Movember. Before Movember even started, Parros was already spreading the word of his involvement.

On Oct 29th he tweets a picture of his ex-teammate, Teemu Selanne, sporting some facial hair on his upper lip:

Despite the Winter Classic being cancelled due to the lockout, there are bigger and more important facets of life that need attention. Instead of NHL players making things all about themselves, they are bringing the more important issues to our attention as they are directing their efforts towards a life changing cause and generating support and awareness for the month of Movember.

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